Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 10:16:02 -0700 From: "Tobias Hoellrich" <thoellri@adobe.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Server crashing, no explanations Message-ID: <E891374F64B9194FB5BFFF28935811CA029D2785@namail2.corp.adobe.com> In-Reply-To: <483300F7.1030204@supsi.ch> References: <38f284ee0805200717l7008e18fud9631bf80839ceb1@mail.gmail.com> <4832E6AF.8080100@supsi.ch><38f284ee0805200808v2947fa20od00263f5440baac0@mail.gmail.com> <483300F7.1030204@supsi.ch>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of=20 > Roberto Nunnari > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:49 AM > To: Alan Gilmour > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Server crashing, no explanations >=20 > Then, if crash dumps are enabled, it could be a HW failure.. > Once I had a server crashing with no dumps, and I found out > it was I power supply problem. >=20 > Best regards. > Robi >=20 Same here: my aging Dell with ECC Rambus (yes, Rambus) memory was rebooting without producing a panic and thus without a chance for a crash-dump, because one memory bank on the system was failing.=20 However, the BIOS on the system was nice enough to tell me about the memory errors and even tell me which module it thought it was.=20 That may be something you should check on your system (meaning: BIOS error log - if you happen to have one of those).=20 Cheers - Tobias
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